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Builds are *not* offloaded when using the "--keep-failed" or -K option.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39387: Builds are *not* offloaded when using the "--keep-failed" or -K option.
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 18:43:50 +0100

Hi Maxim,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> In the second case, the build is started on the local machine instead of
> being dispatched to the offload machine.  Presumably, this is done so
> that the files are available locally; but I'd prefer if it'd offload and
> keep the files on the remote.  An alternative would be to copy the remote build directory
> locally after failure.

Indeed, it’s a feature!  :-)  It was discussed here:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/38312

There we discussed the possibility of printing a warning, which wasn’t
implemented.

I’m closing in the meantime, but let me know what you think!

Thank you,
Ludo’.

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